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La guerra de los pasteles (1944)

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Original title
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Directed by
Emilio Gómez Muriel
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fictionalized musical comedy about the 1838 Pastry War between Mexico and France. It follows a love story set against the backdrop of this historical conflict.

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What happens

The War of the Pastries (Spanish: La guerra de los pasteles) is a 1944 Mexican historical musical comedy film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Mapy Cortés, Domingo Soler and Pedro Armendáriz. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. It was loosely inspired by the Pastry War between France and Mexico in 1838. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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